Economy

Support MSMEs Sitharaman addressing the First BRICS Trade Fair on Oct 13, 2016. India has taken a lead on the Macro, Small and Medium Enterprise (MSME) sector, lending financial and technological support in the current weak global economic environment. “We...

Indonesia seeks Indian market President Joko Widodo calls for new markets including India. Indonesian President Joko Widodo has asked the trade ministry to pool all the promotion funds currently held by 17 government institutions so that promotion activities could be...

US Elections: Is there a winner! By Girija Pande, Chairman, Apex Avalon Consulting Pte Ltd, Singapore. After talking to friends and contacts in the US in the last two months of my stay, my take on State of the US...

ETNs subject to regulations   Barclays Bank PLC said the iPath® MSCI India IndexSM Exchange-Traded Notes (ETNs) have been determined to be subject to certain regulations and recent circulars issued by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) relating...

Open for more trade     Singapore PM Lee calls on the President, Pranab Mukherjee, in New Delhi on October 5, 2016. India must make a "strategic decision" to encourage interdependence, more openness and a more trade-based economy for its trade to...

India’s Tax Reform: A Search for the "Goldilocks Scenario" By Praveen Jagwani, CEO of UTI International for Brink Asia. The passage of India’s Goods and Services Tax (GST) bill is seen by the global investment community as an inflection point...

Increase female employees Although India has a young population, only about 2 percent of the workforce is skilled, in contrast to countries like South Korea and Japan, where skilled workers represent 96 and 80 percent of the population, respectively. This...

Medical tourist market India sought after medical tourist destination, says Singh. India is one the key Medical Value Travel (MVT) destinations in Asia with projected growth to US$9 billion by 2020, according to a study by the Federation of Indian...

HFC warning The Indian fast food industry is expected to grow from US$15 billion in size to more than $50 billion over the next five years but it has to control hydrofluorocarbons (HFC) emissions. Just the eight fast food chains...

Indo-US summit India needs Ideas, Innovation, Investments and Implementation, said Information & Broadcasting Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu Speaking at the Indo-US Economic Summit in New Delhi on 15 September 2016, he said the summit would help evolve Innovative Ideas and...